via brooklynpaper.com
Let’s pray for them!
“Heaven” can wait.
Manhattan-based atheists are poised to sue the city for installing a street sign in Red Hook that endorses the religious view that afterlife exists.
To honor seven firefighters who died in 9-11, a portion of Richards Street was renamed “Seven in Heaven Way,” a move that prompted criticism, national news coverage — and now an apparent lawsuit from atheists who say the sign is akin to spiritual “product placement.”
“We see religion imprinted in our culture from the time we’re young enough to remember,” said Ken Bronstein of NYC Atheists, who has met with lawyers and plans to file a lawsuit over what he considers a church-and-state issue. “We can show injury — and the impact of what the city is doing.” click here to read more
